What jobs is Shield AI hiring for right now?

As of Oct 31, 2026, Shield AI has 623 open jobs on Alion. 497 of them state a salary (80%). They are posted in 10 cities. 97 allow remote or hybrid work. Its postings score B on the Alion truth index.

Source: Alion Coverage: open vacancies from the employer's own careers board Oct 30, 2026
Open jobs
623
With salary
497 (80%)
Cities
10
Posted in 30 days
154
Median age
55 days

How Shield AI hires

Truth index
B 74/100
Median time to fill
65 days
Ghost roles
0%
Stale roles
84%
Reposted roles
1%

Shield AI scores B on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 83 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 84% have gone stale and 1% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 65 days. It measures how much of what this employer publishes turns into a real, finite search - not the employer as a workplace. How the index is computed

What Shield AI posted in the last two weeks

Posted in 14 days
77
Busiest day
14 Oct 17, 2026
Days with postings
12 / 14
Oct 17, 2026: 14 posted Oct 18, 2026: 10 posted Oct 19, 2026: 8 posted Oct 20, 2026: 10 posted Oct 21, 2026: 9 posted Oct 22, 2026: 4 posted Oct 23, 2026: 6 posted Oct 24, 2026: 5 posted Oct 25, 2026: 0 posted Oct 26, 2026: 3 posted Oct 27, 2026: 4 posted Oct 28, 2026: 2 posted Oct 29, 2026: 0 posted Oct 30, 2026: 2 posted
Oct 17, 2026 weekend Oct 30, 2026

Which roles Shield AI is hiring for

429 Jobs
Industrial Engineering 189 44.1%
Backend 85 19.8%
Aerospace 31 7.2%
Management 30 7%
Hardware 29 6.8%
Other roles 65 15.2%

Where Shield AI is hiring

Shield AI hires from 28 offices across 17 countries, holding 951 of its open vacancies between them.

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How the work at Shield AI is set up

Work format
In office 526 84%
Hybrid 77 12%
Remote 20 3%
Level
Staff+ 231 39%
Senior 201 34%
Lead 59 10%
Middle 41 7%
Head+ 34 6%
Junior 30 5%
Intern 4 1%
Employment
Full-Time 526 99%
Internship 7 1%

Salaries in Shield AI vacancies

497 of 623 vacancies state a salary (80%). The range below is built from those 497 stated figures only, never from an estimate.

Lower quartile
$172k
Median
$230k
Upper quartile
$290k
$130k$330k

All salaries at Shield AI

Open vacancies at Shield AI

$67k – $99k per year · In office · Full-Time · 5+ years exp · PhD · Melbourne
Jira
Apply
$120k – $216k per year · In office · Nationals only · Full-Time · 5+ years exp · Seattle · San Diego · Washington · Dallas
Apply
$130k – $200k per year · In office · Full-Time · 5+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · United States
Python
Rust
C++
Apply
$120k – $180k per year · Hybrid · Nationals only · Full-Time · 5+ years exp · Seattle · Dallas
C++
Apply
$130k – $240k per year · In office · Full-Time · San Diego · San Mateo
Python
Go
JavaScript
Rust
TypeScript
Model Context Protocol
AI Agents
Frontend
React.js
WebGPU
Web Components
DevOps
gRPC
Kubernetes
Apply
$84k – $127k per year · In office · Secret · Full-Time · 4+ years exp · San Diego
ArduPilot
Mission Planner
Apply
$216k – $324k per year · In office · Full-Time · 10+ years exp · Washington · Dallas
Apply
$88k – $130k per year · In office · Full-Time · 2+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Dallas · Seattle
Apply
$146k – $219k per year · In office · Full-Time · 7+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Dallas · San Diego · Washington
Python
Siemens NX
ANSYS
Apply
≈ $19k – $41k per year (Estimated) · Hybrid · Taipei
C++
Sensor Fusion
Path Planning
Motion Planning
Apply
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Questions about jobs at Shield AI

Is Shield AI hiring right now?

Yes. As of Oct 31, 2026, Shield AI has 623 open jobs on Alion.

What roles does Shield AI hire for?

Shield AI is hiring mostly for Industrial Engineering, Backend, Aerospace. The largest group is Industrial Engineering with 189 open vacancies.

How much does Shield AI pay?

80% of vacancies at Shield AI state a salary. Across those 497 stated figures the range runs from $172k to $290k, with a median of $230k.

Where does Shield AI hire?

Shield AI has open vacancies in 10 places, most of all in Dallas, Seattle, San Diego. It keeps 28 offices with open roles, spread across 17 countries. Shield AI is run from San Diego.

Does Shield AI offer remote work?

Yes. 97 of the open vacancies at Shield AI allow remote or hybrid work, which is 16% of the board.

How long have Shield AI vacancies been open?

Half have been on Alion for 55 days or less. 212 vacancies at Shield AI have been listed for more than 90 days, and postings of that age are far more often out of date.

How reliable are Shield AI job postings?

Shield AI scores B on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 83 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 84% have gone stale and 1% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 65 days.

How do you apply to Shield AI?

Shield AI accepts applications through Lever, so the form opens on that system rather than on Alion.

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